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president can get us to war with iraq. which leads me to conclude that if in fact conference is not coming that the traditional way of merit america gets to war is what would be best for u.s. interests if in fact the iranians aren't going to compromise it would be best to somebody else started the war. what if the iranians are going to compromise would be best if someone else started the war is anyone listening to this war mongering hawks like clawson are openly calling for the u.s. to strike iran first in order to jump start world war three oh but it gets better. i mean look people iranian submarines periodically go down someday one of my not come up who would know why. we can do a variety of things if we wish to grease the pressure i'm not advocating that but i'm just suggesting that. if this is not a either or proposition and you know it's just sanctions has to has to succeed or other things we are in the game. of using covert means against the iranians yeah man let's just sink a submarine and blame it on iran great ide
president can get us to war with iraq. which leads me to conclude that if in fact conference is not coming that the traditional way of merit america gets to war is what would be best for u.s. interests if in fact the iranians aren't going to compromise it would be best to somebody else started the war. what if the iranians are going to compromise would be best if someone else started the war is anyone listening to this war mongering hawks like clawson are openly calling for the u.s. to strike...
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monitors in iran this is something that we rarely hear in the western media we have cameras in all of iraq. so therefore there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that he was a nuclear program is anything but peaceful and. has no evidence on this the iranians are not very optimistic about the a because it is heavily influenced by western countries it's not a democratic body most of the members on the board are european and north american they don't represent the international community at all and the head of a is he owes his job to the united states if you look at the wiki leaks documents the united states and the europeans are basically engaging in acts of war against the iranian people as the real issue is not the nuclear program it is iraq independence and sovereignty. and when america beats the drums of war over iran it may not always be driven by the islamic state nuclear intentions will be u.s. presidential candidates aren't shy when it comes to voicing their and tehran rhetoric in front of america's influential jewish community is more important i explain. america almost never miss
monitors in iran this is something that we rarely hear in the western media we have cameras in all of iraq. so therefore there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that he was a nuclear program is anything but peaceful and. has no evidence on this the iranians are not very optimistic about the a because it is heavily influenced by western countries it's not a democratic body most of the members on the board are european and north american they don't represent the international community at all...
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iraq. it was a chance for me to say on behalf of the american people, to you, and all who serve there, welcome home. and congratulations on a job well done. and every major play of that war, you were there, the iron soldiers. because of your speed and strength, american troops toppled a dictator in less than a month. because of your commitment, you stayed on extended tours and went back tour-after-tour, year-after-year. because of your determination to succeed, you turn back an insurgency. you stood firm against second strife, you helped to back the offense and you trained iraqis to take the lead. that was the progress you made possible. with your service and your courage. two years ago, i was able to mark the end of the combat mission. and that night i told the american people that all of our troops would be out of iraq by the end of the flowing year. at the time, i know some folks didn't believe me. they were skeptical. some thought the end of combat was just war games and semantics. but
iraq. it was a chance for me to say on behalf of the american people, to you, and all who serve there, welcome home. and congratulations on a job well done. and every major play of that war, you were there, the iron soldiers. because of your speed and strength, american troops toppled a dictator in less than a month. because of your commitment, you stayed on extended tours and went back tour-after-tour, year-after-year. because of your determination to succeed, you turn back an insurgency. you...
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there's no new policies on iraq shows. zionism being rescued miners to the world to me to you know really to food and should lawyers only. instead of to just back in the freedom of. the science of these are the most sacred beliefs of human beings so now you know respond to this by saying history proves that whoever wants to raise us from the map fails in their task and we saw salon kind of pick up on that putting a really misleading title up saying pretty much pretty much wants to erase history why do we see and we already know that that phrase doesn't even exist in persian the wiping israel off the map why do. we see the mainstream media corporate media kind of picking up on this narrative marginalizing no matter what and then kind of putting netanyahu up on this podium and not ridiculing him as much i mean i think you're absolutely correct in the sense that you know there hostile come a point where we ask ourselves why ask ourselves the question when is enough enough for how many years really at this point can we continu
there's no new policies on iraq shows. zionism being rescued miners to the world to me to you know really to food and should lawyers only. instead of to just back in the freedom of. the science of these are the most sacred beliefs of human beings so now you know respond to this by saying history proves that whoever wants to raise us from the map fails in their task and we saw salon kind of pick up on that putting a really misleading title up saying pretty much pretty much wants to erase history...
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the missions in afghanistan and iraq did not have a mission they were a military deployment they have destroyed a portion of the military their weakened us power in a situation with the similar to what we were in the vietnam war although we haven't lost the war because there is no mission to actually carry out any policy in iraq or afghanistan and military right now is fighting back and defending itself the united states if it goes into a country to carry out regime change which we carried out in iraq and we carried out in afghanistan then the military is stuck in a horrible position because they're not trained for this the point is that the president right states first president bush and then in afghanistan president obama did not define a clear mission for the military and did not have to find a clear american policy mission for the development of these countries and therefore the military were from the very beginning thrown in to make up for this vacuum and that's the problem that we have today. album of the well as it may need for you now yemeni officials say they are now in contr
the missions in afghanistan and iraq did not have a mission they were a military deployment they have destroyed a portion of the military their weakened us power in a situation with the similar to what we were in the vietnam war although we haven't lost the war because there is no mission to actually carry out any policy in iraq or afghanistan and military right now is fighting back and defending itself the united states if it goes into a country to carry out regime change which we carried out...
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in iraq, we went into iraq, i believe, based on the information in front of democrats and republicans at the time, for the right reason. it looked as if there were weapons of mass destruction, but i think the obama administration was so anxious to cut and run, should have left some troops there to be able to train the iraqi forces. debris that there are three overriding principles that i always focus on, if we're going to get involved in a conflict, because it's easier to get in than get out. and that is, it has to be in the vital national security of the united states. two, we have to have overwhelming force on day one, and three, we have to have a very clear, well understood exit strategy. >> what about cutting the defense budget in order to balance it? >> as a former member of the cia, having served on a presidential commission to restructure our foreign intelligence agencies, we need to keep our military strong as possible. our strong military is our greatest defense against being attacked, but there are ways that we can reduce our costs in the military budget. right now, virtuall
in iraq, we went into iraq, i believe, based on the information in front of democrats and republicans at the time, for the right reason. it looked as if there were weapons of mass destruction, but i think the obama administration was so anxious to cut and run, should have left some troops there to be able to train the iraqi forces. debris that there are three overriding principles that i always focus on, if we're going to get involved in a conflict, because it's easier to get in than get out....
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he brought an end to the war in iraq. he said u.s. combat forces would pull out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. and he promised to decimate al qaeda. >> after a fire fight they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al qaeda's terror, justice has been done. >> but some argue obama has not met expectations in the middle east. he's faced persistent trouble with a dominant player in the region, iran. he has focused foreign policy to make it more multilateral, part of what he calls a broader shift. aft a dade in whi we fought two wars that cost us dearly, in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region. >> reporter: obama turned his attention at home to pushing through health care reform, something president after president had tried to do. he succeeded with what became known as obama care, the most significant overhaul since medicare and medicaid in the 1960s. he pushed to shore up banks aftethe fin
he brought an end to the war in iraq. he said u.s. combat forces would pull out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. and he promised to decimate al qaeda. >> after a fire fight they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al qaeda's terror, justice has been done. >> but some argue obama has not met expectations in the middle east. he's faced persistent trouble with a dominant player in the region, iran. he has...
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he served three missions in iraq. he was transferred to kuwait on wednesday. the soldier's lawyer said his client was stressed from battle fatigue. >> he and family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight that changed. so i think that it will be fair to say he and the family were not happy that he was going back. >> u.s. defense secretary leon panetta arrived in afghanistan three days after the shooting. he held talks with president karzai. karzai told panetta that the u.s. troops have lost the trust of the afghan people. he called on the international forces to hand over security to afghan soldiers in rural areas. washington and kabul are anxious about the backlash. students voiced their anger in jalalabad. >> the taliban released a statement decrying the massacre of innocent afghans. the group said it would retaliate by decapitating american soldiers. despite the worsening security, obama said there will be no changes to the current withdrawal plan. >> we have a strategy that will allow us to responsibly wind down t
he served three missions in iraq. he was transferred to kuwait on wednesday. the soldier's lawyer said his client was stressed from battle fatigue. >> he and family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight that changed. so i think that it will be fair to say he and the family were not happy that he was going back. >> u.s. defense secretary leon panetta arrived in afghanistan three days after the shooting. he held talks with president karzai....
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involved in a military operation in a place like syria, you have got to be prepared, as we learned from iraq and afghanistan, to become the government, and i am not sure any country, the united states, or i do not hear anyone else who is willing to take on that responsibility. the other proposal is to arm the opposition. that is something you could certainly look at, but make sure you know who you are arming and what you are likely to get from that solution and then provide safe havens for people, and other countries may be a possibility, but i think that we should stick with the diplomatic and economic and political tract we are currently pursuing. tavis: again, i promise to get to the text, but there are a number of decisions you have made in your life that you finally open up to talk about in the text which allows me to some degree to continue this line of questioning. for example, you talked for the first time extensively about the u.n. speech, and when people say colin powell and the u.n. speech, you know what they are talking about. what are the lessons learned when you look back on th
involved in a military operation in a place like syria, you have got to be prepared, as we learned from iraq and afghanistan, to become the government, and i am not sure any country, the united states, or i do not hear anyone else who is willing to take on that responsibility. the other proposal is to arm the opposition. that is something you could certainly look at, but make sure you know who you are arming and what you are likely to get from that solution and then provide safe havens for...
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we don't even tie into the fact that we're pulling out of iraq. the biggest bomb is going to be bases. because i think this idea that we have to have the bases because he can we have this mindset that they are contained in a foreign. and industrials nation to them in people with a couple dozen clients can will now use that against al qaeda, and the problem is unique people, you need a gorbachev type who is able to lead and able to break those contained, those ideas, those foreign policy standards or base assessments that are not present. yesterday in rolling stone, michael hastings had a very good piece on obama's decision-making for libya. very instructive. and you see how this strain of humanitarian pervades and that's what one, that's what pushed the president to intervene in libbey. and i think the same thing is happening right now and juicy not his concern the soviet collapse in afghanistan but concerned that we will lose basis, we lose forward present and we lose our ability to maintain power in iran or pakistan which is the two places where
we don't even tie into the fact that we're pulling out of iraq. the biggest bomb is going to be bases. because i think this idea that we have to have the bases because he can we have this mindset that they are contained in a foreign. and industrials nation to them in people with a couple dozen clients can will now use that against al qaeda, and the problem is unique people, you need a gorbachev type who is able to lead and able to break those contained, those ideas, those foreign policy...
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stories from around the world a suicide blast has killed at least fifteen people at a shia funeral in iraq forty others were wounded in the attack which happened in the town north of baghdad the bomber detonated his explosive belt in a town and were mourners gathered to pay respects to a tribal chief at wave of bombings targeting shia muslims has swept through the country since the beginning of june killing more than one hundred thirty people. three officers have died in afghanistan after militants attacked a police checkpoint in the sea of kandahar it sparked a gun battle between officers and insurgents which lasted for an hour six others were wounded in the a tad it comes just one day after a three gunmen wearing afghan police uniforms killed a nato service member in the same region. a second israeli air strike in a matter of hours this killed two palestinians in the gaza strip pushing the overall death toll to four the attacks which hit the town of beit hanoun have been confirmed by the israeli military the strikes came just hours after gunmen killed an israeli civilian and a constructi
stories from around the world a suicide blast has killed at least fifteen people at a shia funeral in iraq forty others were wounded in the attack which happened in the town north of baghdad the bomber detonated his explosive belt in a town and were mourners gathered to pay respects to a tribal chief at wave of bombings targeting shia muslims has swept through the country since the beginning of june killing more than one hundred thirty people. three officers have died in afghanistan after...
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pull troops out of iraq would feel like thousands of contractors behind president obama said it was draw all day for u.s. forces in afghanistan which is due in twenty fourteen but winding down the decade of being conclusive wars in iraq and afghanistan won't necessarily mean less wars but rather wars of a different shape the u.s. is already fighting this new kind of warfare on multiple fronts in different countries with the use of air force with the use of drones levy is one example the whole country was destroyed mainly from air pakistan is another example not not a successful one though people in pakistan are infuriated by u.s. strikes which end up killing many civilians and as it happened recently their own pakistani soldiers although washington said the strike was a tragic mistake the u.s. will have to do a lot of damage control work to help the pakistani leadership overcome the humiliation so although the u.s. administration looks at the old strategy of ground wars as passe and irrelevant in this day and age yet it's not clear what result the new strategy will bring or brownback or
pull troops out of iraq would feel like thousands of contractors behind president obama said it was draw all day for u.s. forces in afghanistan which is due in twenty fourteen but winding down the decade of being conclusive wars in iraq and afghanistan won't necessarily mean less wars but rather wars of a different shape the u.s. is already fighting this new kind of warfare on multiple fronts in different countries with the use of air force with the use of drones levy is one example the whole...
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efforts in the frontline states of iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. and finally, the principles we cherished are undermined if we allow families to go hungry, children to die of easily preventable diseases and girls to be kept out of school. in short, helping countries become more democratic, more stable, more capable of defending themselves, and better at pulling themselves out of poverty is just as important for us in our national security as it is for them. to succeed we must ensure that our budget resources are allocated wisely, our international programs are carried out in the most efficient and effective manner. but before closing, i'd like to highlight two of the my top and somewhat interrelated priorities. middle east peace and the effort to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. madam secretary, for the past three years, the palestinians have simply refused to engage seriously in peace talks. my sad conclusion is that palestinian leaders don't have the will or the desire to make the compromises necessary to achieve peace.
efforts in the frontline states of iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. and finally, the principles we cherished are undermined if we allow families to go hungry, children to die of easily preventable diseases and girls to be kept out of school. in short, helping countries become more democratic, more stable, more capable of defending themselves, and better at pulling themselves out of poverty is just as important for us in our national security as it is for them. to succeed we must ensure that our...
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spreading to iraq so the jordan lebanon and even tortured. iran would be the list to be affected by this spread of civilian war or war from syria. of course iran may lose one friend one partner ashore a set but it doesn't mean. they're radical muslims they are caught they would come to paul where they would be friend of israel or american muslim brother who if they are in power they would be much more ideologists. the base would be islamic ideology aside this situation that's the difference what is the biggest threat for the united states in egypt i believe the biggest threat threat for the us is coming out of arab spring where and where salafi. taleban is i'm a lawyer their extreme some need is radicals or. capturing the muslim countries the collapse of the us allies like mubarak minnelli one after one this is the real threat to the us how do you see the situation developing with the arab spring is going to spread to other countries nobody knows but but but as far as i can see. there islamicists are coming to power through whole middle east
spreading to iraq so the jordan lebanon and even tortured. iran would be the list to be affected by this spread of civilian war or war from syria. of course iran may lose one friend one partner ashore a set but it doesn't mean. they're radical muslims they are caught they would come to paul where they would be friend of israel or american muslim brother who if they are in power they would be much more ideologists. the base would be islamic ideology aside this situation that's the difference...
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bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in effect the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certainly into the face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and not to achieve any of the official objectives that the united states put forward in entering into that conflict in th
bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in effect the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that...
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the pulse a copy of an iraq war loads of detail. that the u.s. got involved palace rather he didn't know about. turkey's prime minister and on has been reelected as the leader of the country's ruling party at a major political conference speaking at the gathering at one once again slammed the assad regime in neighboring syria dr hussein buxom of the middle east technical university says however that muster rhetoric will not help him score political points. the turkish government has miscalculated the events in syria they have expected that the arab spring would be having the same situation like in d.v.r. like intern asia or in egypt or all this. believe but in case of syria turkey has been indeed in the last five years particularly very very close to syria. down became good fellows if you want and suddenly this change of turkey has done here the policy what the united states of america and european union suggested and this is why they took these people do not support the policy of the government. georgia has seen some of its biggest opposition ra
the pulse a copy of an iraq war loads of detail. that the u.s. got involved palace rather he didn't know about. turkey's prime minister and on has been reelected as the leader of the country's ruling party at a major political conference speaking at the gathering at one once again slammed the assad regime in neighboring syria dr hussein buxom of the middle east technical university says however that muster rhetoric will not help him score political points. the turkish government has...
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ambassador to iraq. i am deeply grateful to the president and to secretary clinton for the confidence they've placed in me with this nomination. if confirmed, i look forward to working closely with you to advance america's many important and vital interests in iraq. i've had the distinct privilege of s
ambassador to iraq. i am deeply grateful to the president and to secretary clinton for the confidence they've placed in me with this nomination. if confirmed, i look forward to working closely with you to advance america's many important and vital interests in iraq. i've had the distinct privilege of s
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however for many american jews and israeli supporters iraq obama's war of words against iran doesn't go far no sign of the simply state i'm committed to israel's security you have to promote policies that commit you to show that you're serious about his security israel through these actions feels that that obama is not committed to doing everything this power to stop iran from having nuclear weapons iran is a in this an existential threat to israel and obama should be saying. so publicly that he will support israel in whatever military action they stay necessary more inclined is president of the zionist organization of america he says an unprecedented amount of american jews and israelis share his animosity a feeling arguably underscored by the israeli government according to published reports tell of eve would only give washington twelve hours notice if deciding to strike iran i believe his policies are among the most hostile israel's ever experienced of any president in my lifetime recently it was the life of president obama being threatened in a column written by the owner of the
however for many american jews and israeli supporters iraq obama's war of words against iran doesn't go far no sign of the simply state i'm committed to israel's security you have to promote policies that commit you to show that you're serious about his security israel through these actions feels that that obama is not committed to doing everything this power to stop iran from having nuclear weapons iran is a in this an existential threat to israel and obama should be saying. so publicly that...
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has had in libya and iraq a reflection that this is not the case no i think well yes i think the policy of the united states under. under both parties no matter who is president which party runs the congress is to intervene in other people's affairs especially in the muslim world we intervened in libya intervened in iraq we're going to follow these really lead and intervene in into. iran and the bottom line is none of those countries pose a threat to the united states in even the remotely distant future and we are going to further destroy our own economy for the interests of the israelis their lobby and the people they control in both american political parties you know i want to ask you are sticking to that if you don't think that iran is a threat to the united states what substantiates that because of course the conventional wisdom is that it is a little nuclear iran would be bad for everybody of course we don't know whether it is a nuclear iran well if iran had nuclear weapons they would still be directly under the targeting sites of the united states of britain and of israel if they
has had in libya and iraq a reflection that this is not the case no i think well yes i think the policy of the united states under. under both parties no matter who is president which party runs the congress is to intervene in other people's affairs especially in the muslim world we intervened in libya intervened in iraq we're going to follow these really lead and intervene in into. iran and the bottom line is none of those countries pose a threat to the united states in even the remotely...
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said you think we should have more troops in iraq right now. and the challenge we have -- i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. you said we should have gone into iraq despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. you said that we should still have troops in the iraq to this day. you indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with russia, despite the fact that 71 senators, democrats and republicans, voted for i. -- voted for it. you've said that, first, we should not have a timeline in afghanistan, then you said we should. now you say maybe or it depends. which means not only were you wrong, but you're also confusing ask sending mixed messages both to our troops and our allies. so what we need to do with respect to the middle east is strong, steady leadership, not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map. and, unfortunately, that's the kind of opinions that you've offered throughout this campaign, and it
said you think we should have more troops in iraq right now. and the challenge we have -- i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. you said we should have gone into iraq despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. you said that we should still have troops in the iraq to this day. you indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with russia, despite the fact that 71...
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troops back in iraq. so it is not only that president obama's current policies don't seem so different from the actual policies that rom mattere vehemence with which one or the other calls for war and makes that a standard of what they stand for. tavis: you mentioned the muslim world and the arab world. president obama basically says tthat he wants to be a friend of the middle east. this is on top of him continuing come even to this day, to be referred to by some as a muslim and not a christian. juxtapose what he said what he wanted to do, the goodwill he wanted to foster and crate with what he has on his hands now in the middle east and republicans were making a mockery of him because of that juxtaposition. >> it is a huge challenge for president obama. the reality is that, while he began his presidency with a real intention of trying to do things differently, he did not push hard enough in washington. he had the view apparently that he could bring all sides together and that became the priority. that be
troops back in iraq. so it is not only that president obama's current policies don't seem so different from the actual policies that rom mattere vehemence with which one or the other calls for war and makes that a standard of what they stand for. tavis: you mentioned the muslim world and the arab world. president obama basically says tthat he wants to be a friend of the middle east. this is on top of him continuing come even to this day, to be referred to by some as a muslim and not a...
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it cost us, you know, iraq a trillion dollars a year. not a trillion dollars, but a trillion over the period. afghanistan, a trillion. it's just crazy. >> when you look at the way afghanistan has gone, many say it's become a counter terrorist operation. is that really what america should have done rather than going in with men on the ground? actually say we're going to tackle the terrorists through intelligence, through special forces and so on? >> i think war should be avoided at all costs. we should do everything we can to get the united nations to deal with conflict before they both start resorting to violence. because violence just begets violence. it's easy to start wars and difficult to stop them once they have gotten started. i think we ought to renounce war and let the courts handle it. have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it. and then be bound by what those decisions are just like we do with the courts here in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all
it cost us, you know, iraq a trillion dollars a year. not a trillion dollars, but a trillion over the period. afghanistan, a trillion. it's just crazy. >> when you look at the way afghanistan has gone, many say it's become a counter terrorist operation. is that really what america should have done rather than going in with men on the ground? actually say we're going to tackle the terrorists through intelligence, through special forces and so on? >> i think war should be avoided at...
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the us military has admitted that major mistakes were made during its wars in iraq and afghanistan a pentagon report points to training and policy flaws saying that strategic leadership repeatedly failed but once freeman from executive intelligence review magazine says the missions were never clearly defined. the missions in afghanistan and iraq did not have a mission they were a military deployment they have destroyed a portion of the know terry their weakened us we're in a situation really. similar to where we were in the vietnam war we haven't lost a war because there is no mission to actually carry out any power see in iraq or afghanistan and military right now is fighting back and defending itself the united states if it goes into a country to carry out we change which we carried out in iraq and we carried out in afghanistan then the military is stuck in a horrible position because they're not trained for this the point is that the president right states first president bush and then in afghanistan president obama did not define a clear mission for the military and did not appea
the us military has admitted that major mistakes were made during its wars in iraq and afghanistan a pentagon report points to training and policy flaws saying that strategic leadership repeatedly failed but once freeman from executive intelligence review magazine says the missions were never clearly defined. the missions in afghanistan and iraq did not have a mission they were a military deployment they have destroyed a portion of the know terry their weakened us we're in a situation really....
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this horrible moscow so-called the weather that we're having the secretary general of the council on iraq but for now ok good thank you so much for being with us is it emits to you is european security joint thirtieth security a reality. i don't think it's a nice. if you say. they are the but we have almost a very long way towards the security get paid more for it you'll be getting america we have excellent institutions to make they have to be a little boy was before all disappeared yet the femur. maple russia mother states you. see where russia coming from and they say they need some kind of currency that they can just buy the promise to her as they get it on paper and that any kind of defense system close to its borders needs to be proven that it's not against russia and that it's going to be some kind of joint. security setup yes i can recall myself. though we. are about to go broke i think these issues may be sort of hollow so i mean not everybody is going to go out with the difficult business but the people who got the reality is the culmination is that europe you know are these days
this horrible moscow so-called the weather that we're having the secretary general of the council on iraq but for now ok good thank you so much for being with us is it emits to you is european security joint thirtieth security a reality. i don't think it's a nice. if you say. they are the but we have almost a very long way towards the security get paid more for it you'll be getting america we have excellent institutions to make they have to be a little boy was before all disappeared yet the...
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. >> this is just a few weeks ago that you indicated we should still have troops in iraq. >> no, i didn't, i'm sorry. that's -- i indicated -- >> barack obama and mitt romney face off on foreign policy and the united states' role in the world. the two men running for president of the united states sat down across the table. they took turns criticizing each other. barack obama and mitt romney met in boca raton, florida, two weeks before americans go to the polls. they exchanged differing views about the u.s. foreign policy. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. in addition, we're now able to transition out of afghanistan in a responsible way, making sure that afghans take responsibility for their own security. >> what's been happening over the last couple of years is as we've watched this tumult in the middle east, rising tide of chaos occur, you see al qaeda, rushing in, you see other jihadist groups rushing in. they're throughout many nations in the middle east. th
. >> this is just a few weeks ago that you indicated we should still have troops in iraq. >> no, i didn't, i'm sorry. that's -- i indicated -- >> barack obama and mitt romney face off on foreign policy and the united states' role in the world. the two men running for president of the united states sat down across the table. they took turns criticizing each other. barack obama and mitt romney met in boca raton, florida, two weeks before americans go to the polls. they exchanged...
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dropped down forces in iraq and looks to be doing so in afghanistan by 2014. it will be a huge power vacuum in the region. my question is naturally iran would want to fill this vacuum. do you think it has willpower to actually do this, to project power throughout the region? do you think it has the ability? a lot of iranian military equipment is stuff that hasn't been updated or maintained so my question is do you think iran wants to fill this power vacuum and will it be able? >> there has been a lot of concern that iran has some sort of hegemonic aspiration to recreate the persian empire in the middle east. i find it extremely unlikely. if the iranians were to manage to gain hegemony it would last no longer than a week or so. they do not have the side -- hard powersoft power after the arabs spring. with the arabs spring has done more than anything else at least in the short term is undermine their sources of soft power and i recommend you read some of the -- it has been cutting edge. in the long run when you have these vacuum's of power in the region in which
dropped down forces in iraq and looks to be doing so in afghanistan by 2014. it will be a huge power vacuum in the region. my question is naturally iran would want to fill this vacuum. do you think it has willpower to actually do this, to project power throughout the region? do you think it has the ability? a lot of iranian military equipment is stuff that hasn't been updated or maintained so my question is do you think iran wants to fill this power vacuum and will it be able? >> there...
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we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to overthrow gadhafi. the way in which it was done is to cut congress altogether and the administration's just vacation or not even bringing this up for a discussion in congress is when it's just an air war that we are using drugs and new of u.s. lives are at risk of a congress should have no say and not. so think of the kind of usurpation of power by the executive ranch, taken this away from the legislative ranch and what kind of precedent is set for future people in the white house. we have also been a case of a rat, when the u.s. troops left, left drones behind and put them in the hands not of
we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to...
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of american officials to be punished for taking part in human rights violations in secret prisons in iraq and afghanistan and guantanamo on the sidelines of the g twenty summit which would set up to tackle global economic challenges the group of the world's most powerful. emerging economies that is brazil russia india china and south africa had a separate meeting that they're pushing for a multilateral world for updating old institutions like the i.m.f. like the world bank which are heavily dominated by the u.s. and europe they want to play a bigger role in the decision making with those organizations at this summit they are announcing an additional contribution to the i.m.f. money that could be channeled to europe if the prices there spread it's very much clear to everyone that virgin markets are now the engine of the global economy. she's going to check on reporting there from the g twenty summit in mexico a former member of the reagan administration says no matter what obama tells boudin person the u.s. president is just one link in a long chain of foreign policy makers. convinced that
of american officials to be punished for taking part in human rights violations in secret prisons in iraq and afghanistan and guantanamo on the sidelines of the g twenty summit which would set up to tackle global economic challenges the group of the world's most powerful. emerging economies that is brazil russia india china and south africa had a separate meeting that they're pushing for a multilateral world for updating old institutions like the i.m.f. like the world bank which are heavily...
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attacked iraq a lot of people thought that if there was an attack on iran it would come when bush was president so does that in some way mean that how if it's gone this long without it and it lessens the chance i don't think so i think they're going to go to war with iran because it's really not an american choice anymore it's in this really choice and the choice of the american jewish lobby you'll notice when obama wanted to talk about whether there should be war against the iranians he didn't go to the congress he didn't go to the american people he went to aipac and more or less played for more time to make sanctions work so how do you separate rhetoric though firm reality because i've seen it a pack iran has been the top of their agenda for as long as i've been covering it and clearly there's plenty of documentation that apac is you know arguably the strongest foreign policy lobby in the united states but how do we know that that will lead to some kind of attack and what that would look like who are the most strongest of the most corrupting corrupted the american political system
attacked iraq a lot of people thought that if there was an attack on iran it would come when bush was president so does that in some way mean that how if it's gone this long without it and it lessens the chance i don't think so i think they're going to go to war with iran because it's really not an american choice anymore it's in this really choice and the choice of the american jewish lobby you'll notice when obama wanted to talk about whether there should be war against the iranians he didn't...
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why iraq -- not why iraq instead of but career, but if in iraq then why not also in north korea? the two answers. first a year after ana. so china sits right on the border. the last thing the united states or china wants is some sort of confrontation or conflagration that would somehow cause it to but heads as they did in 1953. i think any time there is serious about given to some sort of military action, this is constantly at the top, not even top, but halfway up the escalation ladder this is constantly a concern that every u.s. president has had to think about seriously. so i think that's certainly one of the reasons. the other is that the united states went into it iraq or afghanistan because it became the top foreign policy issue on which the demonstration saw a revolution. we can debate whether that was the right or wrong thing. many americans think it was the wrong thing. many think that nothing was resolved. that's a completely different question. i think the point for korea, i don't really think that the north korean issue has arisen to that level of priority for an admin
why iraq -- not why iraq instead of but career, but if in iraq then why not also in north korea? the two answers. first a year after ana. so china sits right on the border. the last thing the united states or china wants is some sort of confrontation or conflagration that would somehow cause it to but heads as they did in 1953. i think any time there is serious about given to some sort of military action, this is constantly at the top, not even top, but halfway up the escalation ladder this is...
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number two is iraq. you and i agreed that there should be a status of forces agreement. >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq that would tie us down. that certainly would not help us in the middle east. >> i'm sorry, there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement and i concurred in that and say we should have some number of troops that stayed on. that was something i concurred with. that was your posture and that was my posture, as well. >> this is just a few weeks ago that you indicated that we should still have troops in iraq. >> no, i didn't. i'm sorry. i indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces greemt at t agreement at the end of the conflict that existed. >> governor, here's one thing i've learned as commander in chief. you've got to be clear both to our allies and our enemyinies at where you stand and what you mean. you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in iraq. that is no
number two is iraq. you and i agreed that there should be a status of forces agreement. >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq that would tie us down. that certainly would not help us in the middle east. >> i'm sorry, there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement and i concurred in that and say we should have some number of troops that stayed on. that was something i concurred with. that was your posture and that was my...
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the part of why there's iraq -- not by iraq inside of north korea, but if in iraq, not also why in north korea. i have two answers. the first is that you have china. china sits right on the border with north korea. the last thing the united states or china want is some sort of confrontation that was somehow constitute two but has. that was in 1953. anytime there is serious thought serious military action, this is constantly at the top -- not even the top, but even halfway up the escalation ladder. it is constant concern that every u.s. president has had to think about seriously. so i think that is certainly one of the reasons, the china factor. and the other is that the united states and into iraq or went into afghanistan because it became the platform policy issue on which the administration sought a resolution, a final resolution. we can debate whether that's the right or the wrong thing. many think it is about being. many americans think nothing was resolved their. and that's a completely different question. i mean come with a for korea as i don't think the north korea issue has slipp
the part of why there's iraq -- not by iraq inside of north korea, but if in iraq, not also why in north korea. i have two answers. the first is that you have china. china sits right on the border with north korea. the last thing the united states or china want is some sort of confrontation that was somehow constitute two but has. that was in 1953. anytime there is serious thought serious military action, this is constantly at the top -- not even the top, but even halfway up the escalation...